Healthcare Organizations & Their Environments
Exploring the art and science of management in healthcare. Would you agree that the 'art' relies on intuition? And if so, do preconceptions, beliefs, and values (which comprise part of one's ethics) shape the 'art' of managing patients, staff, and self? Can you offer an example?
Healthcare Organizations & Their Environments
You have been asked to prepare a speech to deliver to an industry group about the following topic: The unabated continuation of the proliferation and fragmentation of the health professions. What are the desirable ascepts of this Fragmentation? And what is the undesirable aspects of this fragmentation? Should action ...continues
How does the nursing structure of a nursing home facility differ from that of a general acute care hospital? Why? Are these differences necessary?
Planning, Marketing, and Finance in the HCO
Healthcare organizations often employ multicorporate structures because of their many financial benefits. Use the internet or other resources to find an example of an HCO that uses a multicorporate structure and explain how it benefits that organization
How is a job description document derived and how does it impact a healthcare organization
Job descriptions are important in the HCO setting. Do you also believe they should be used (integrated) with performance reviews? Is there ever a case where "and perform duties as assigned" is appropriate to the description or is this a cop-out?
How is a job description document derived and how does it impact a healthcare organization
Where do you believe 'personality/character' should enter into the description and how can one in fact measure this variable? Should active training and professional development be a part of a job description? How do job requirements differ from a job description? Where would credentialing and qualifications enter the ...continues
What is your take On the ways that health can be conceptualized by a society. What are the determinants of health in humans? What is the connection between how a society defines health and how it pursues health? Has increased access to technology changed that perception over the last decade? Discuss the connection ...continues
The Context and Process of Health Policymaking
If expenditures on medical services are less effective in reducing mortality rates than are changes in lifestyle behavior? Why does the U.S. continue to spend an increasing portion of its resources on medical care? Feel free to draw upon your own experiences as well as the internet or other resources to answer this question. ...continues
Policy Implementation and Modification
In November 2003 the U.S. Congress passed a controversial health policy bill that President George W. Bush signed into law. The new legislation makes the most far-reaching changes to Medicare since the program was created in 1965. Please address the following questions: Why were changes to Medicare deemed necessary? What ar ...continues
Policy Implementation and Modification
Can you Please describe some major differences in health policy between the Military Health System, the Veterans Health Administration, and the private sector. Give an example of how policies in one system might influence policymaking in another system. What are some criteria for answering the question, "is the issue signif ...continues
